Valve



Nov. 15 932.

` D. D. GOLDBERG "reame No. 1, 1932 DAVE D. GOlDBEBG, @F CEIGAG, L'JLLNQIS Wiliam application nieu January 1S, 1932. Serial E.

My invention relates to valves and concerns more particularly or especially improved and novel means for maintaining the valves tight and in non-leaking condition by the pressure of the duid controlled or regulated by the va ve.

The invention pertains more specifically to four-wa or similar valves which control the action o fluid or 4liquid under atleast two dif- 19 ferent pressures, the higher pressure vbeing used to seal the valve against leakage.

The invention is susceptible of satisfactory and eiiicient incorporation in sliding. valves havin reciprocatory plungers to 'open and close 51e connections or conduits throu hV the valve casing, and thesealing feature re erred' to comprises the splitting of such plunger lengthwise into two or more parts, thereby affording access of the duid pressure between such plunger sections to force or press them' outwardly against their seats on the inner side or surface of the c linder in-which they slide to change or modi the connections through the valve. i y Y Y Not only is substantial leakage thus precluded or overcome, but, in casegrit or other foreign matter` should `become lodged between any such plunger `or valve section and the cylinder in which i't-slides, the valve part can- 80 temporarily yield inwardly thus avoiding.

becoming seized and immova 1y bound in the valve casing or cylinder. v To enable those skilled in this art to understand the invention full both from structural and functional 'stan points, in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, a present, preferred embodi` ment of the. invention has been presented in detail, and, for simplicity,'like reference numerals have'been used throughout the several views to designate the same parts.

- In this drawing Figure 1 is a longitudinal section throng Y the improved valve;`

Figure 2 is a fra entary, longitudinal section on line 2-2 o Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a cross-section'on line 3-3 oi'r A Fi re 1; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the 5o two separable or expansible valve members.

reference to this drawing, it will be observed that the valve-casing 11 has a top openingtted with a-pipe 12, a bottom aperture equipped with a pipe 13, a side passa chaving a pipe 111, and an opposite side ori ce provided with a. pipe 15.

Gentrally,the casting 11, which is of somewhat peculiar structure or formation, has a longitudinally-disposed, cylindrical bearing A16fopenl at its vopposite ends andhaving two 60 `cylinder'16 by passages 21 and 22.

Pipe 13, which is usuallyconnected tothe sewer, is joined to the two arcuate ports 18, 18 by a surrounding annular chamber 23. f

Pipe 14, which is customarilyconnected to the top of a cylinder equipped with a sliding piston, neither of which is shown, is joined by `a circular chamber 24fto the two aligned ports And, similarly, pipe 15, which is designed andI adapted to be connected to the'lower part of the unillustrated cylinder mentioned immediately above, is in like manner united, bymeans of a round chamber 25, with the pair of registering ports17 17.

One end of lthe valve-casmg 11 is closed byV its wall 26, but the opposite wall is equipped with a stufng-box 27 through which `slides a rod or shaft 28 reciprocated by a rocking-handle 29 fulcrumed. at 31 and 90 operatively connected to the 'end of the rod at- 32.

,Any other manual or power operated means may be used for sliding the rod as occasion or circumstances dictate.

Inside of the valve-casing 11, such rod has aY reduced-diameter section 33 terminating in square shoulders 34, 35 and having longitudinal key-ways 36, 36 (Figure 3) located apart. mo

Such portion of the shaft is fitted with two complementa or companion valve-segments, each o the shape shown in Figure 4, having a plane or flat inner surface 37 which at its'center Yhas a nearly semi-cylindrical bearing 38 equipped with a key-way 39.

The two bearings 38, 38 Vof the pair of valve-segments'are of substantially the same diameter as that of the smaller part of the rod over which they fit, as shown in Fi re 3, with their ke -wa s in register with t ose of the rod, so tat th keys 41,741 accommodated in the mating or matching key-ways, as depicted.

By leavin arslight looseness or play between such eys and their associated key slots, the valve-sections may move in' or out from their rod, as occasion may require.

At each end, each valve-section has a semicylindrical enlargement'42, equi ped with a semi-circular flan e 43, so that Vt e intermediate portion of t e member has a central, external cavity The advance edge of each flange is beveled at to assist in keeping the bearin surface 16 free from theaccumulati'on o foreign matter, it, etc. ,i

As is c early presented in the figures ofthe drawing, especially Figures 2 and 3, the mating valve-members VYare spaced apart a small distance so that the fluid or liquid under pressure atrthe two ends of the sectional valve finds easy entrance between them, it being clear that thegkeys 41, 41 maintain the valve-elements in proper registeror alignmentwith the kports'which they control.

When such sectional valve is in the position shown in Figure 1, the liquid under relatively high pressure from the power pipe 12 has access to both ends of the valve and fills the s ace between the two valve parts, thus hol them effectively separated against their respective portions of the bear2 ing 16 to maintain adequate seals against the'escape of the liquid.

Such water'under high pressure flows out through ports 19, 19, chamber 24, and pipe 14 into t e top of the cylinder referred to, but not shoyvn, to force its piston down to perform whatever work is required of it. c

i The water or other liquid or fluid from thev bottom of suchjundisclosed cylinder escapes through pipe 15, chamber 25,"ports 17, 17, valve chambers 44, ports 18, 18, chamber 23, and pipe Y13 to the sewer. i

Owing to such connection tothe sewer,

the pressure'of that water or other fluid is substantiall less than that between the valvesections, an thus the liquid at greater pressure is employed'to seal against leakage that portion ofgthe valve controlling Yand governing the flow of liquid of lesser ressure, as well as that part controlling the liquid at the higher pressure. Y.

e two valve parts may: be held on the rod against turning by twoVY This construction or plan of employing the greater pressure to perform this function in relation to the lesser pressure is believed to be boadl. new. E;

When t e valve, by means of handle 29, 0r any other type of operating means, manual or automatic, is shifted to the right, as viewed in Figure 1, the valve will bemaintained expanded by the same liquid pressure between its parts, 'and in its final position power pipe 12 willbe connected."V to the cylinder bottom pipe 15 and the cylinder top pipe 14 will be joined-to the sewer-pipe 13, as will be readily understood. 22

As will be perceived, the liquid of greater pressure from power pipe 12 is always active between the valve-members to keep them properly expanded and pressed against the bearing 16 to preclude the-V occurrence of leakage i Thus 'the valve, while governing and regulating the flow of a liquid under two pressures, which may differ from one another in substantial degree, at all times employs the liquid of greater pressure to perform the valve-expanding action to insure the non-occurrence of leakage past anyl part of the valve, the construction, nevertheless, permitting either valve-member to yield momentarily inwardly, if by chance fcreignlmatter should become lodged between such valvesection and its bearing, thus eliminating the possibility of damage or injury to the valve from this source. ii n The invention as herein described arid illustrated and set l forth in the appended claims is not limited to the details of con` struction presented, and many minor or more or less radical changes or modifications may be incorporated inthe structure without departure from the heart and essence of the invention and without the loss of any ofrits substantial benefits Y Although I haveherein indicated the employment of the greater of the two liquid pressures for maintaining the sliding valvein expanded or enlarged condition, it Awill be clear that the lesser of the two pressures may be used for this purpose if such astructure and functionbecomes desirable. Y

In some instances, it may be desirable to use a spring or springs shown in Figure 3 to hold the valve sections separated in case the fluid under pressure is cut oill from access to the interior of the valve, so that when the fluid or liquid is again introduced into the valve, the latter will perform its functions satisfactorily.

I claim:

l. In a valve, the combinationof a valvecasinor having four external openings and ai cylinder with ports connected b passages to said openings, a longitudina ly-divided valve slidable in said cylinder to change said port connections, and means to slide said llO new ofysuids therethrough casin having iour external o gs and a cylinder with ports connected Ey passages to said openings an operating rod extending to the outside oi said casing, means to reciprocate said rod, and a longitudinally-divided valve on said rod and slidable by said rod 15 in said cylinder to changeV said port connections, the space between the valve sections being constantly in connection with said passage united to a s cific one o'said openings, whereby the iui under pressure entering i 2 the valve-casing through such opening tends to ex and said valve' against the walls of said cylin er to revent leaks e.

3. In s va ve the combination of a valvecasin having four external openings and a cyliner having three ports connected by passages to three of said openings, both ends of said cylinder being open and connected hy passages to said fourth o ning, .anv o eratin rod extending throng the wall o said va ve-casin means to reciprocate said rod, and a longitudinall -divided valve on, and slidable insaid cy inder by, said rod to change said port and cylinder open-end connections, thespace betweenthe valve-sections being constantly subject to thev rassure in said end passages to said :tourt opening tending to expand said valve against the walls of said cylinder to prevent leakage. 40 v 4. In a valve, the combination of a valvecylin er with both .ends openand connected by passa to one of said o, said cylinder avin two groups o three ports eachrwith len wise unported surfaces between said u each air of corresponding ports o bot groups ing connected by passage means to the correlated o ning, a ongitudinally-divided valve slidab e in said cylinder to control said ports and to open. and to closetlie cylinder ends, and means to reciprocate said valve, the valve-sections being separated to permit the fluid Vpressure at the cylinder ends to have access between them tending to expand the valve against said linder walls to preclude leakage, the space tween the valve-sectionsbeing in register with said imported surfaces of said cylinder;

5: Inha v alve, tlze conintieteof al valvecasing a a urali o rn vo nings and avlgyin er .with ports connectede by p the respectiveexternal openin where the valve is adapted to control t e u at two dierent A pressures, a longitudinally-divided valve casin having four external openings and a slidable in said cylinder to ch said connections, and means to shgdlegesaid vlo in said cylinder, saidvalve having means to maintain the space between the valve-sections in constant connection with the passage 7o united to a specific one of said o nings, whereby the Huid in said passage ten to expand said valve against the walls of said cylinder to prevent leaka e.

In witness whereof ave hereunto set my hand.

vDAVID D. GOLDBERG. 

